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<p>Widely used commercial systems that provide functionality comprable
to the scheduler tool include:</p>

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  <li><a href="http://www.asctimetables.com">aSc Timetables</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://www.jboss.org/drools/drools-planner">Drools
Planner</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://www.lantiv.com/">Lantiv Scheduling Studio</a><br>
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  <li><a href="http://www.mimosasoftware.com/">Mimosa Scheduling
Software</a><br>
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  <li><a href="http://www.netsimplicity.com/">Meeting Room Manager</a><br>
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  <li><a href="http://www.timetabler.com/">TimeTabler</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://www.vss.com.au/index.asp">Visual Classroom
Scheduler</a></li>
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<p>Each of these systems provides a wide variety of scheduling
functionality.&nbsp; The goal of the KeyCow Scheduler is to provide
many of the core features found in these commercially available tools,
not the full range of features found in all of them.&nbsp; The KeyCow
Scheduler provides functional improvement in two major areas, when
compared to most comercially available tools.&nbsp; These improvements
are:</p>

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  <li>The ability to export a generated schedule in multiple
formats.&nbsp; In particular, the ability to export schedule
information into the PeopleSoft system currently used by theoverseers
in the campus scheduling department.</li>
  <li>The ability to view schedules multiple ways.&nbsp; Be it an
individual teacher's schedule or the schedule of a certain room's usage.<br>
  </li>
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<p>A detailed review of each related tool follows in these subsections:<br>
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  <li><a href="./relatedsystems/asc-review.html">aSc Review</a> </li>
  <li><a href="./relatedsystems/drools-planner-review.html">Drools
Review</a> </li>
  <li><a href="./relatedsystems/lantiv-review.html">Lantiv Review</a> </li>
  <li><a href="./relatedsystems/mimosa-review.html">Mimosa Review</a> </li>
  <li><a href="./relatedsystems/MRM-review.html">MRM Review</a> </li>
  <li><a href="./relatedsystems/timetabler-review.html">TimeTabler
Review</a> </li>
  <li><a href="./relatedsystems/visual-classroom-review.html">Visual
Classroom Review</a> </li>
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Following these reviews, a summary of the features is provided in a
feature comparison matrix.<br>
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